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Wireless Office All-In-One Printer with 2.5" LCD & Built-in Two-sided copying and printing

User Reviews about Canon PIXMA MX860 Wireless All-In-One office Printer

I work in a small research lab, and use the machine for printing out papers, scanning gels and photos and technical documentation.
I think it is wonderful - at least in comparison to an HP piece of junk I bought it to replace. The duplex feature is amazing - it never messes up the order, the pages never come out smeared (as was the case with my old printer). It has a bunch of pre-set modes for ink usage and such, and you can also program your own (which I have done). The menus are not cumbersome, so it is easy to change the settings on the fly. Print quality is great even on the lowest ink usage setting - and is simply wonderful when you use a "standard" or "high" quality setting. Paper is conveniently fed either from the cassette or from a rear tray. Scan quality is great.
Since I don't pay for cartridges, I can't really say whether it is economical. I have just printed 6 copies of a 200-page document (mostly text) on a "standard" setting and used 5 "big" black cartridges and 1 "small" black cartidge, and also had to replace magenta (but probably because it was already running low when I started printing). I like that the cartridges have a transparent window in them - so you can see that they are actually completely empty when you throw them out!
Another minor thing I like: when you install a new cartridge, it doesn't require that you print a test page - I hate waste!

Overall, highly recommend! -- great printer

GOOD PRODUCT
INK DRIES OUT TOO FAST WHEN NOT IN USE, EASY TO SET UP, GREAT WIRELESS
AS A SCANNER IT USES TOO MUCH SPACE ON COMPUTER FOR SOFTWARE, BUT WORKS WELL AND EASY SETUP -- GOOD PRODUCT